I always loved the little flute player Kokopelli from the petroglyphs and he shows up time and time again in my arts and crafts.
I had painted kokopelli on this brown t-shirt many moons ago but he was about to fade into oblivion. I love the cut of this shirt and it was still in good shape. Oh what to do, what to do. I decided to go over all the white lines with embrodery in a pale yellow embroidery floss. I love the way it turned out, but it was well after dark when I finished it.
So I used the dress I wore a few days ago and wrapped it as a skirt. You can see the whole outfit on the photo gallery page.
While I was working on the shirt I tried to remember what I used to wear it with. Then I remembered I had a brown tulip shaped skirt that had worn so bad I tossed it. So I thought just maybe I'd swing by M & L Fabric in Anaheim and see what they had in the way of brown fabric.
I'm glad I went because the whole store was having a 20% off sale. My original plan was to go with cotton, but I wanted the skirt to be more durable than that, so I was quite happy to find some nice brushed courdoroy in a rust/brown tone for under $3 a yard. I got three yards to make an A-line skirt. Hopefully enough will be left over to make a vest or something too.
It seemed like I remembered them having some plaid fabric for $1. a yard in flannel, which I thought might make good underwear. Well, I had misremembered, and it was plaid, but more of a woven textured fabric. The catch was you had to buy the whole piece, and there was 5 yards, so I may get a skirt out of that.
I found some flesh toned fabric for panties that feels like tricot, though it was in the t-shirt fabric flat folds. And I got some matching lingerie elastic, which is a bit hard to find at most fabric stores. I couldn't resist some purple camo flannel to make some boys shorts out of either. And I also got a t-shirt fabric printed with beige lace.
I got a few more yards of print fabrics too. I'm happy to say the fabric I got will make about 2 skirts, 2 vests, 6 pairs of panties, and still have some to spare, all for about $33. with the discount. Now I just have to find time to sew. I'll take photos of the fabric tomorrow when it's light out. I generally pre-shrink everything so there are no unpleasant surprises later.
Hope you are enjoying my fashion journey so far.
I had painted kokopelli on this brown t-shirt many moons ago but he was about to fade into oblivion. I love the cut of this shirt and it was still in good shape. Oh what to do, what to do. I decided to go over all the white lines with embrodery in a pale yellow embroidery floss. I love the way it turned out, but it was well after dark when I finished it.
So I used the dress I wore a few days ago and wrapped it as a skirt. You can see the whole outfit on the photo gallery page.
While I was working on the shirt I tried to remember what I used to wear it with. Then I remembered I had a brown tulip shaped skirt that had worn so bad I tossed it. So I thought just maybe I'd swing by M & L Fabric in Anaheim and see what they had in the way of brown fabric.
I'm glad I went because the whole store was having a 20% off sale. My original plan was to go with cotton, but I wanted the skirt to be more durable than that, so I was quite happy to find some nice brushed courdoroy in a rust/brown tone for under $3 a yard. I got three yards to make an A-line skirt. Hopefully enough will be left over to make a vest or something too.
It seemed like I remembered them having some plaid fabric for $1. a yard in flannel, which I thought might make good underwear. Well, I had misremembered, and it was plaid, but more of a woven textured fabric. The catch was you had to buy the whole piece, and there was 5 yards, so I may get a skirt out of that.
I found some flesh toned fabric for panties that feels like tricot, though it was in the t-shirt fabric flat folds. And I got some matching lingerie elastic, which is a bit hard to find at most fabric stores. I couldn't resist some purple camo flannel to make some boys shorts out of either. And I also got a t-shirt fabric printed with beige lace.
I got a few more yards of print fabrics too. I'm happy to say the fabric I got will make about 2 skirts, 2 vests, 6 pairs of panties, and still have some to spare, all for about $33. with the discount. Now I just have to find time to sew. I'll take photos of the fabric tomorrow when it's light out. I generally pre-shrink everything so there are no unpleasant surprises later.
Hope you are enjoying my fashion journey so far.